10/11/2012 |
Cards recognize history will take them only so farThere has been so much talk about the Cardinals' experience in the postseason and all the times they've faced elimination and lived to tell about it. And all along, it was something to talk about.

10/11/2012 |
Elimination game is nothing new for CardinalsIt will be the defending World Series champion Cardinals colliding with the National League East champion Nationals at dazzling, pulsating Nationals Park in Game 5 on Friday night.

10/11/2012 |
Cards to address Garcia's status before Game 5Accompanied by team physician George Paletta, Jaime Garcia traveled to New York on Thursday to have orthopedic surgeon David Altcheck provide a second opinion on his ailing left shoulder.

10/11/2012 |
Brantley undergoes surgery on sports herniaOne of Michael Brantley's goals this past season was to stay on the field as much as possible for an Indians team that has been plagued by injuries in recent years.

10/11/2012 |
Postseason legend Stewart likes A's chancesDave Stewart won three rings with three different clubs and made it to five Fall Classics. On Thursday, "Stew" came to the MLB Fan Cave in Greenwich Village as part of Major League Baseball's "Legends are Born in October" postseason marketing campaign.

10/11/2012 |
Foster honored to throw Game 5 first pitch in CincyGeorge Foster tossed the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 of the NLDS between the Reds and the Giants. Incidentally, Thursday also marked the 40th anniversary of his pennant-clinching run in the NLCS.

10/11/2012 |
Improbable no problem for intense GiantsWhat the Giants did at Great American Ball Park, in the hours and days following Bruce Bochy's pregame pep talk when San Francisco trailed the NLDS two games to none, will be remembered for a long while.

10/11/2012 |
Gio gets chance at redemption in Game 5If Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez took anything out of his National League Division Series Game 1 outing, it was that the defending champion Cardinals cannot be underestimated.

10/11/2012 |
Buster grooves the knockout punch vs. RedsBuster Posey finished the regular season with a league-best .336 batting average to go along with 39 doubles, 24 homers and 103 RBIs. So when the opportunity arose for someone to submit a season-shifting knockout punch, who better to provide it?

10/11/2012 |
Bullpen comes up big in Giants' comebackSan Francisco's relievers allowed two runs over the final 14 innings of the National League Division series -- all victories -- to ensure the team advanced to the next round.

10/11/2012 |
Two starters, not Lincecum, available for GiantsTim Lincecum probably threw his last pitch of the National League Division Series, but two of his fellow starters were deemed available as relievers by Giants manager Bruce Bochy as Thursday's Game 5 showdown with the Cincinnati Reds approached.

10/11/2012 |
Giants slam their way to historic NLCS berthBuster Posey's grand slam culminated a six-run outburst in the fifth inning that propelled the Giants to a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Thursday's decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

10/11/2012 |
Werth plays hero in Nationals' biggest victoryJayson Werth's walk-off homer in Game 4 transformed Nationals Park into a giant party, gave the Nats a 2-1 victory and forced a decisive Game 5 -- vindicating to many, in a single moment, the contract that Werth signed not so long ago.

10/11/2012 |
Nats' home-field edge sure to be factor in Game 5Ryan Zimmerman called Game 4 the best nine innings he has ever experienced, complete with the wildest atmosphere to blanket Nationals Park. So the Nats figure to press that home-field advantage in Friday's Game 5, with a trip to the NLCS on the line.